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It was about the bigness of a large Mite, or somewhat longer, it had ten legs, eight of which, AAAA, were topt with very sharp claws, and were those upon which he walk'd, seeming shap'd much like those of a Crab, which in many other things also this little creature resembled; for the two other claws, BB, which were the formost of all the ten, and seem'd to grow out of his head, like the horns of other Animals, were exactly form'd in the manner of Crabs or Lobsters claws, for they were shap'd and jointed much like those represented in the Scheme and the ends of them were furnish'd with a pair of claws or pincers, CC, which this little animal did open and shut at pleasure: It seem'd to make use of those two horns or claws both for feelers and holders; for in its motion it carried these aloft extended before, moving them to and fro, just as a man blindfolded would do his hands when he is fearfull of running against a wall, and if I put a hair to it, it would readily take hold of it with these claws, and seem to hold it fast.
When seated in court he used to wear a white silk bandage over his eyes, and the striking figure of the tall blindfolded knight was a dramatic picture long remembered at Bow Street.
There must be people with palates so fine that even blindfolded they could tell the difference between food from La Tour d'Argent and food from McDonald's.
" The Italian papers, which see Turkey's human rights record as a serious impediment to its ambition to join the European Union, reacted with outrage Friday to a photograph issued by the Turkish government showing Ocalan blindfolded and manacled in front of the Turkish flag.
The blindfolded child was supposed to represent innocence and faith, which must be blind to combat the evil spirit.
Among the 40-odd expressively sculpted figures dressed in the costume of Henri IV’s time, notice the roped hands of the blindfolded Jesus and the angels collecting his blood, his tormentor, in breeches, is thought to be Henri IV himself.
The poor wretch who stands blindfolded before the firing squad, waiting the word that ends the life of a military spy, is near enough to?
him disputing in whispers and one of them insisting that he should be led along a certain carpet.
After that they took his right hand, placed it on something, and told him to hold a pair of compasses to his left breast with the other hand and to repeat after someone who read aloud an oath of fidelity to the laws of the Order.
The candles were then extinguished and some spirit lighted, as Pierre knew by the smell, and he was told that he would now see the lesser light.
The bandage was taken off his eyes and, by the faint light of the burning spirit, Pierre, as in a dream, saw several men standing before him, wearing aprons like the Rhetor's and holding swords in their hands pointed at his breast.
Among them stood a man whose white shirt was stained with blood.
On seeing this, Pierre moved forward with his breast toward the swords, meaning them to pierce it.
But the swords were drawn back from him and he was at once blindfolded again.
Then two pairs of Frenchmen approached the criminals and at the officer's command took the two convicts who stood first in the row.
The convicts stopped when they reached the post and, while sacks were being brought, looked dumbly around as a wounded beast looks at an approaching huntsman.
One crossed himself continually, the other scratched his back and made a movement of the lips resembling a smile.
With hurried hands the soldiers blindfolded them, drawing the sacks over their heads, and bound them to the post.
"Sharpshooters of the 86th, forward!" shouted someone.
The fifth prisoner, the one next to Pierre, was led away-alone.
Pierre did not understand that he was saved, that he and the rest had been brought there only to witness the execution.
With ever-growing horror, and no sense of joy or relief, he gazed at what was taking place.
The fifth man was the factory lad in the loose cloak.
The moment they laid hands on him he sprang aside in terror and clutched at Pierre.
(Pierre shuddered and shook himself free.
) The lad was unable to walk.
They dragged him along, holding him up under the arms, and he screamed.
When they got him to the post he grew quiet, as if he suddenly understood something.
Whether he understood that screaming was useless or whether he thought it incredible that men should kill him, at any rate he took his stand at the post, waiting to be blindfolded like the others, and like a wounded animal looked around him with glittering eyes.
The movements of the Russian and French armies during the campaign from Moscow back to the Niemen were like those in a game of Russian blindman's bluff, in which two players are blindfolded and one of them occasionally rings a little bell to inform the catcher of his whereabouts.
First he rings his bell fearlessly, but when he gets into a tight place he runs away as quietly as he can, and often thinking to escape runs straight into his opponent's arms.
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